It only takes a few gene tweaks to make a human voice
28 August 2017
Our capacity for complex speech might come from tiny tweaks to existing monkey genes that gave us flatter faces and more refined larynxes
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Low-ranked female monkeys band together against their leaders
26 August 2017
Female rhesus macaques have a strict hierarchy, but the subordinates can buck authority and even climb the social ladder if they’re big enough and have enough friends
Monkeys can see faces in inanimate things, just like us
24 August 2017
From Jesus appearing on toast to the man in the moon, we can’t help seeing faces where there are none. Now it turns out monkeys do the same thing
